Gadget Test: Shake And Wake Alarm Clock
Jukka Viskari November 03, 2009 6:00 AM
Don’t be alarmed, be vibrated goes the advertising slogan for this gizmo.
Few people like waking up and this gadget is especially aimed at those kind people who don’t want their partners to share the pain of early morning wake-ups.
But here is a hitch. Unless your idea of gentle vibration wake-up is something akin a pneumatic drill strapped to your wrist going off (minus the sound obviously) then this gadget is for you.
In fact my partner complained that the whole bed was shaking when this alarm clock went off for the first time I was testing it. This just made me wonder what would happen if this gadget was powered by more than one tiny AAA battery…
It may be needless to add here that this alarm isn’t really a silent one; the strong vibrations produce their very own low noises not dissimilar to a freight train passing by when you stand on the station platform.
The design and size of the gadget? Think about wearing a blood pressure monitor (ok, a sleek blood pressure monitor) on your wrist. It may actually be a better idea to hide the gadget under your pillow, an option perhaps wisely included in the accompanying instruction manual.
Practicality? Setting the time and programming the alarm using the four different buttons made me relive the 1980s' digital clocks once again. Well, at least you don’t need a ballpoint pen to enter the time setting mode of this gadget.
And you can illuminate the sceen of this and use it as a (bibrating) stopwatch.
Buy a Shake And Wake Alarm Clock
Verdict: Does the job just as well as a Chelsea tractor does one person’s Saturday shopping run.
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